Crisis Series #34 w/ Don Tranquillo: Is Sedevacantism the Answer to the Crisis?SSPX News - English2024-10-22 | Crisis Series #34 w/ Don Tranquillo: Is Sedevacantism the Answer to the Crisis?Is A Vocation Gods Will? - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-07-11 | Those considering a vocation often struggle with whether their choice is the will of God. For we know that to act outside His will imposes serious obstacles for our salvation. This is why we must be cautious in discerning His will for us, never acting hastily or imprudently.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enThe Education of Children - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-07-10 | Children are a source of great joy. However, parents have to be prepared for trials and tribulations, not only for themselves but for their children. Part of properly educating children is to instruct them in the inevitable sorrows to come while instilling in them reliance on and love for God.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enUniting Ourselves to the Liturgy - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-07-08 | At times many of us struggle to pray. At others, we may feel like our prayer life just is not enough. But we can take heart in the truth that as Catholics, we have access to the liturgy, what Archbishop Lefebvre called the great prayer of the Church—for it is the prayer of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enWhat Makes a Person Good? - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-07-04 | The Church emphasizes the importance of charity as the virtue that perfects us and unites all other virtues. Comparing a good person to a good knife, Father explains that fulfilling our purpose through charity is essential. Charity, unlike other virtues, directly connects us to God and must be the driving force behind our actions to truly lead a life of holiness.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enAn Ocean of Mercy- SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-07-03 | "Thou has redeemed us with Thy blood O Lord, and made us a kingdom for our God." Our Lord shed all His blood for us to show us His infinite love, from the Circumcision to the Crucifixion. God's mercy is infinite and by His precious blood, He has washed away our sins.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enThe Virtue of Modesty - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-07-01 | Modesty in the broad sense concerns much more than how we dress or appear in public. Every aspect of how we carry ourselves is regulated by modesty. Modest persons do not seek to be the center of attention or exalt themselves, but rather they carry themselves with a quiet dignity.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enWhy Celebrate the Precious Blood of Jesus - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-06-28 | The Church celebrates the Feast of the Precious Blood of Jesus reminds us that we are in need of redemption daily. It is also reminder that this redemption is personal, and touches upon all of our failings, particularly our selfishness.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enPride Month - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-06-26 | According to the secular religion of the modern world, June is "Pride Month"--a time when the faithful are assailed with celebrations of perversity. It is particularly important then for Catholics to reflect on not only how society came to be in such a confused state, but to rededicate themselves to resisting the so-called "sexual revolution" in their own lives.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enI Will Be With You Until the End - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-06-24 | Living in the world can be difficult and complicated. It may even seem at times that God is not present. And so we must be ever mindful of Our Lord's promise to us before His Ascension: "Behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world."
Visit our website: sspx.org/enIs it wrong to be an organ donor? - Questions with Father #49 - Fr. PalkoSSPX News - English2024-06-21 | On this week’s episode of the SSPX Podcast, we will be answering a fairly common listener question – and one we tackled very briefly in one of our earliest episodes years ago – What should Catholics think about organ donation? Fr. Ian Palko is back to discuss this topic which, like many others we’ve talked about recently, doesn’t have an easy, clear-cut answer. It seems, on the surface, like a great gift and an extraordinary act of charity to give someone an organ so they can live. But we’ll see it’s not so simple. This is a question that touches on morality, but also relies a great deal on prudence and circumstance. Thankfully, father will guide us through these tricky points!
Visit our website: sspx.org/enAnger and Self-Love - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-06-20 | The Fifth Commandment is not only a directive against taking violent action. It is a command to cleanse our souls from the malice and anger toward others while embracing a spirit of fraternal charity.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enWho Are You, Really? - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-06-19 | We are creatures who are slaves to vanity. And vanity makes us empty. And this is why depend upon Christ, Who strengthens us.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enChrists Power to Heal - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-06-17 | The Gospel contains many accounts of Our Lord working miracles to heal the body. But every one points beyond those instances to remind us of His desire to heal our souls.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enWhy do Catholics profess Marys Perpetual Virginity? - Questions with Father #48 - Fr. PezzuttiSSPX News - English2024-06-14 | On this week’s episode of the SSPX Podcast, we welcome again Fr. Shane Pezzutti to discuss what the Church professes concerning the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is a point of Catholic dogma that Our Lady’s virginity was perpetual, yet some Christians question this position based not only on conjecture, but ostensibly on the Bible. In this episode, we examine the question and explain, on the basis of Scripture and Tradition, why the Church states infallibly that Mary remained a virgin for her entire life.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enLest They Faint On the Way - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-06-13 | If we want to experience Our Lord's mercy in the Blessed Sacrament, then we must receive it in the spirit of faith. One way we can exhibit that spirit is to ask ourselves first, what more can we do for God? And then, to live our lives in conformity with His will so that we may receive the graces that come with Holy Communion.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enGods Mercy and Divine Justice - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-06-12 | After Pentecost, the Church focuses on directing us to grow in holiness and our love for God. Because of our weakness, we need constant reminding not only of God's justice, but His infinite mercy, even in the face of suffering.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enOur Love of Neighbor Through God - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-06-10 | Out of God's love for us, we have heard Him speak; he has walked among us. Through this love, He has forgiven our sins and called us to be His children. As His children, we must love one another, for as St. John tells us "charity is born of God" and "he that does not love does not know God, for God is charity."
Visit our website: sspx.org/enWhy do we believe Mary is Sinless? - Questions with Father #47 - Fr. PezzuttiSSPX News - English2024-06-07 | This week on the SSPX Podcast, Fr. Shane Pezzutti continues answering questions regarding the sinlessness of Our Lady. After discussing why we refer to the Blessed Virgin as "Immaculate" due to her being born without original sin, Father responds to questions regarding Mary's sinless earthly life while explaining why the Church professes this to be true.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enWe Are Never Alone - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-06-05 | When God revealed Himself and His Law to Moses on St. Sinai, Moses besought God to let him see Our Lord. And though Moses was only given a glimpse of God's glory and majesty, his face was made radiant for the rest of his life. Through Christ Our Lord, we, too, are offered the possibility of eternal radiance through His salvific death.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enMake Holy Hours This Month - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-06-03 | Holy Mother Church designates June as the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This time is a reminder of the love of God and our obligation to respond to that love.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enCredidimus Caritati - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-05-30 | Credidimus caritati, "we have believed in love," is known by many as the episcopal motto of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the Society of Saint Pius X. For many, believing in God's love is a constant struggle, particularly in the face of adversity and when we come to know our own sinfulness. Yet God's love remains with us throughout.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enNurturing Vocations in the Family - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-05-29 | Along with a direct miracle from God, the family is a main source of vocations. However, even good and holy families often have questions on how to foster vocations. This sermon explores the importance of parents persevering with patience in their marriage vows as a means of encouraging vocations among their children.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enYou Need a Retreat! - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-05-27 | Life presents innumerable challenges, which often feel overwhelming. In her wisdom, the Church provides opportunities to take a step back, collect ourselves, and become energized again to meet these difficulties head on, always trusting in Our Lord to see us through. Subscribe to our Sermon page: sspxpodcast.com/sermons
Visit our website: sspx.org/enWhy do We Call MaryThe Immaculate Conception? - Questions with Father #46 - Fr. PezzuttiSSPX News - English2024-05-24 | This week on the SSPX Podcast, we’re happy to welcome back Fr. Shane Pezzutti who will guide us through some recent listener questions regarding the Blessed Virgin Mary. Today we’ll look at the concept of her Immaculate Conception. Namely, how could it be that Mary was sinless? Do we have proof? Wasn’t Jesus the only one without sin and that this is precisely the reason God sent him to save us?
May is the perfect month to review some of these questions, not only to satisfy our reason, but to hopefully increase our devotion as well to this great privilege of our Blessed Mother.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enLapsed Children: Whos to Blame? - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-05-23 | It is a sad reality in the Church that many raised Catholic fall away, especially as they enter adulthood. Although traditional Catholic parents are aware that they must immerse their children in the Faith, too often these same parents are tempted to make compromises with the world, thus exposing their children to adverse influences that have a detrimental impact on their commitment to Catholicism.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enChasing Sanctity: The Adventure of a Lifetime - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-05-22 | In our contemporary world, many elements of the Catholic Faith, including self-sacrifice and looking beyond ourselves, are no longer attractive. Yet souls prepared for the rigors that come with living in the world and directed toward the pursuit of sanctity is what the Church demands. The question before us is whether we are prepared for this undertaking.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enAsk and You Shall Receive - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-05-20 | “Ask and ye shall receive…” Scripture is replete with examples of God inviting us to call upon Him, to seek His aid, and in doing so understand that without Him, we can do nothing. Only by relying on Our Lord can we hope to gain heaven.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enPregnant out of Wedlock:The Catholic Answer - Questions with Father #45 - Fr. PalkoSSPX News - English2024-05-17 | This week on the SSPX Podcast we address the sensitive topic of pregnancies out of wedlock. These occurrences, though hopefully rare, do happen and Catholics should know how to address them prudently and in the light of Catholic moral teaching.
Moreover, out-of-wedlock pregnancies raise a host of questions, with the most prevalent being, “Must the father and mother of the child enter into marriage?” This was the main question from a listener which sparked this episode. But Father Ian Palko and I will dive into some connected questions as well; concerning the relationship between unwed parents, their respective roles in a child’s life, and how we as Christians ought to treat them and their situation.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enThe Sin of Rash Judgment - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-05-16 | Rash judgment, which is the ascent of the will to suspicions about others without sufficient grounds, is commonplace. It is a sin against the virtue of justice, one which we must be perpetually on guard against.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enContradictions of Vatican II - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-05-15 | Throughout history, man has sought the truth of his existence. And though the Spirit of Truth, the Paraclete, has been given to the Church to reveal the fullness of truth to man, the intrusion of worldly thinking and temptations has seen the Church turning away from revealed truth since the Second Vatican Council.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enFaith Without Works Is Dead - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-05-13 | As the Epistle of St. James instructs us, “Faith without works is dead.” Despite what we are often told by those outside the Church, as Catholics we know that if we have faith, it is lived through our actions. Our Catholic Faith it is not a private matter; it is professed through every act we perform in the world.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enReverencing Motherhood - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-05-09 | Although Mother's Day is not a liturgical feast, it provides an opportunity for Catholics to life their gaze to their heavenly mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. This day also invites us to consider the role mothers play in the life of the family and the Church, for motherhood is a spiritual work directed toward the formation of souls in cooperation with God's grace.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enReasons for Christs Ascension - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-05-08 | Catholics throughout history have sometimes been prompted to question why Our Lord ascended into heaven. If He had stayed here on earth, how could the Church have gone astray? But Christ Himself has already answered these queries when He revealed that until He ascended, the Paraclete (Holy Ghost) would not come and that by ascending, He goes to prepare a place for us when we finish this earthly life.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enGrafting the Holy Ghost - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-05-06 | Before His Ascension, Our Lord promised to send the Holy Ghost, Who is with us always. He is grafted onto us by virtue of our reception of the Church’s sacraments of initiation and through Him, we are able to walk in truth.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enBiblical Chronology - Young Earth Creationism Pt. 3 - Questions with Father #44 - Fr. RobinsonSSPX News - English2024-05-03 | Before the scientific discoveries of the late 19th century, most adherents of Catholicism and Protestantism believed that the earth and universe were 6000 years old, based on a chronology derived from the Bible. However, after the discovery of the radioactive behavior of atoms, developments in the study of geology, and accurate measurement of star distances provided solid scientific evidence for a universe and earth of an age in the billions of years, Catholic exegetes abandoned the idea that the earth was 6000 years old. Fundamentalist Protestants, however, clung to the idea that this was a teaching of the Bible, and seek to support their thesis by scientific evidence, by which they try to explain away the aforementioned discoveries.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enUnapologetically Catholic - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-05-02 | We must live out our Catholicism by conforming the way that we live to the reality of what we believe. This is nothing less than walking in the footsteps of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This means nothing less than fleeing from all carnal desires, keep guard over our lips, and love our fellow man.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enThe Value of Tears - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-05-01 | All who are followers of Christ must dwell in the vale of tears. But this is not only a bad thing. For it is a gift to shed tears for our sins. Tears help wash away sin, extinguish the flames of the passions, and ultimately help bring us into heaven.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enCourage for Our Little While - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-04-29 | The repetition of the phrase "in a little while" in St. John's Gospel is not accidental. Rather, the Evangelist invites us to consider the meaning of these words in relation to Our Lord's death, resurrection, and second coming. Moreover, the phrase reminds us of our short life on this earth and that our life with Jesus in the next is always imminent.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enDidnt the Church Say...? Young Earth Creationism Pt. 2 - Questions with Father #43 - Fr. RobinsonSSPX News - English2024-04-26 | On today’s episode of the SSPX Podcast, we continue our discussion from the last episode on Young Earth Creationism. As covered on the last episode, Catholics are not obligated to believe the earth or universe is 6,000 years old; it is not a question of faith. In this episode we examine more closely specific arguments which posit that young-earth-creationism and geocentricism—a description of the universe that places earth at its center—are parts of the deposit of the Faith. In so doing, Fr. Paul Robinson helps Catholics further distinguish between what the Catholic Church teaches infallibly and scientific views of creation and the world which develop over time in the light of new research.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enHow Do We Love? - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-04-25 | Holy Thursday offers an opportunity to reflect not only on the mysteries of the liturgy, but on the message of unity, peace, and fraternal charity given through the institution of the Blessed Sacrament. Every Mass calls to mind the Last Supper. In the Mass of Holy Thursday, however, the inextricable link between Christ's love for us in the Eucharist and the liturgy is especially pronounced.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enThe Importance of Holy Fathers - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-04-24 | It is crucial for Catholics to not view their Faith as something purely exterior. Catholics cannot merely "go through the motions" or keep up certain appearances and consider themselves faithful followers of Christ. Rather, it is necessary for Catholics to cultivate a strong interior life connected to God at all times if we wish to attain eternal life.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enInfinite Dignity? - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-04-22 | The parable of the Good Shepherd instructs us on the mercy of God and the dignity of man. Contrary to the recent declaration Dignitas Infinita, a proper understanding of the parable reveals that our dignity emanates from our relationship with God and our conformity with His plan for us.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enAre Catholics Obliged to Be Young Earth Creationists? - Questions with Father #42 - Fr. RobinsonSSPX News - English2024-04-19 | On today’s episode of the SSPX Podcast, we’ll dive back into our Questions with Father episodes with a topic we touched on about 6 years ago: Young Earth Creationism. Many Catholics claim that it is doctrinal, and morally necessary to believe that the earth was created in a particular time, or in a particular way. In this episode and a following one to come later, Fr. Paul Robinson will lay out the Catholic perspective on not just this topic, but broadly, what a Catholic should believe in terms of Scripture and Science. On SSPXpodcast.com you can find all our previous questions with Father episodes as well. This is free to listen to, and always will be, but if you can help with a one time or a small monthly recurring donation, you’ll be making sure that we can continue this work of producing good Catholic content on a regular basis.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enThe Gifts of God and How to Obtain Them - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-04-18 | "Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration." These words from the Epistle of St. James remind us that we live only by the gifts of God and that it is incumbent upon us to continually ask Our Lord for them.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enThe Symbolism of Baptism - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-04-17 | The baptism ceremony symbolizes both the tomb where we are buried and arise again with Christ, and our new birth in Christ. In both images we find the shedding of our old life--the life of sin--so that we may have eternal life with God in His heavenly kingdom.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enThe Harvest Is Great, But the Laborers Are Few - SSPX SermonsSSPX News - English2024-04-15 | Christ’s admonition, “The harvest is great, but the laborers are few,” is especially acute today. In order to secure a future for the Church and minister to souls in need, we need to cultivate and instill a proper understanding of the priesthood in our young Catholic men.
Visit our website: sspx.org/enCatholic Teaching on IVF - Questions with Father #41 - Fr. PalkoSSPX News - English2024-04-13 | In vitro fertilization, or IVF, has been front and center in the news following the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that embryos created through IVF are legally “children” for the purposes of that state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. In the wake of the decision, politicians, religious leaders, and laypeople who view themselves as “pro-life” have wrestled publicly with legal and practical questions surrounding IVF, including its availability. Catholics, for their part, know–or ought to know–that the Church opposes IVF, though many remain unsure as to why. If IVF assists couples in having children, is this not a good thing? What crucial moral issues does IVF raise and how should Catholics address them? In this timely episode, Fr. Ian Palko explains the mechanics of IVF while situating the procedure in a classical Catholic moral framework. He also stresses the importance of not separating procreation from its proper, marital context.